Heinrich Scheidemann

Heinrich Scheidemann

Heinrich Scheidemann , first name also Hinrich (probably originally) and Latinized Henricus , (* around 1596 in Wöhrden in Holstein , † 1663 in Hamburg ) was a German composer , organist and music teacher.

Life

Heinrich Scheidemann received his first music lessons from his father David Scheidemann, who was initially an organist in Wöhrden and from 1604 at the St. Catherine's Church in Hamburg . From 1611 to 1614 he and his friend Jacob Praetorius began studying for three years with the then very important organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck in Amsterdam, which he was financed by the parish of the Katharinenkirche. The background to this scholarship was the wish of all of Hamburg's main churches that their future organists receive training from Sweelinck.

In 1629 Heinrich Scheidemann succeeded his father as organist at the Hamburg Church of St. Katharinen. He held this office until his death. Scheidemann achieved a high reputation in Hamburg's musical life through his work and his influence on other organists and cantors and was considered an outstanding organ master. He also checked numerous organs in northern Germany. His most important student is Johann Adam Reincken , who after Scheidemann's death became his successor as organist at St. Katharinen's Church.

Heinrich Scheidemann is regarded as an important representative of the North German organ school . He combined the style of Sweelinck with that of the founding fathers of the North German Organ School ( Hieronymus Praetorius , Michael Praetorius , Johann Steffens and others). Together with the other Sweelinck students Jacob Praetorius , Samuel Scheidt and Melchior Schildt , he is one of the most important north German organ composers of his generation. His traditional work consists mainly of preambula, magnificat and chorale arrangements, motet coloring and dance movements.

Works (selection)

Organ works

• Magnificat I. Toni (4 verses)
• Magnificat II Toni (4 verses)
• Magnificat III. Toni (4 verses)
• Magnificat IV. Toni (4 verses)
• Magnificat V. Toni (4 verses)
• Magnificat VI. Toni (4 verses)
• Magnificat VII Toni (4 verses)
• Magnificat VIII. Toni (4 verses)
• Magnificat VIII. Toni (1 verse)

• Praeambulum in C
• Praeambulum in G major
• Praeambulum in D minor
• Fugue in D minor
• Verbum caro factum est
• Dixit Maria ad Angelum
• Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore
• Surrexit pastor bonus
• Te Deum laudamus
• Canzon in G

Eponyms

In 2014 the asteroid (31032) Scheidemann was named after him.

literature

• Werner Breig : The organ works by Heinrich Scheidemann. Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden 1967, ISBN 3-515-00218-9 ( online ).
• Pieter Dirksen : Heinrich Scheidemann's Keyboard Music. Its Transmission, Style and Chronology. Ashgate Aldershot, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7546-5441-4 .
• Gustav Fock (Ed.): Heinrich Scheidemann: Orgelwerke. 1. Choral arrangements. 7th edition. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2006.
• Gustav Fock (Ed.): Heinrich Scheidemann: Orgelwerke. 2. Magnificat edits. 3. Edition. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2006.
• Robert Eitner :  Scheidemann, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 707 f.
• Renate Huebner-Hinderling:  Heinrich Scheidemann. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 9, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-058-1 , Sp. 67-69.
• Klaus Beckmann: The North German School. Organ music in Protestant Northern Germany between 1517 and 1755. Part II: Heyday and decline 1620–1755. Schott, Mainz 2009.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Scheidemann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Heinrich Scheidemann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Heinrich Scheidemann in the International Music Score Library Project